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and late 40-gun frigates Loire and Seine". However, this description is a little misleading. The class were not designed as frigates, and then modified; they were designed as flûtes. Furthermore, they were lightly armed; their armament was heavy enough to deter
British privateers, and small naval
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With respect to the engagement at Anse à la Barque, Troude reports that the French vessels started to unload their cargo. When the
British attacked, Vincent, on
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when their crews burned them on 18 December 1809 to avoid their falling into
British hands during an attack by a British squadron comprising His Majesty's Ships
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Joseph
Lenormant-Kergré (or Lernormand Kergré), and had been transporting troops and supplies to Guadeloupe at the time of her loss. On the way she and
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that Louis, Antoine, and
Marhurin Crucy, Basse Indre, built to a design by François-Louis Etesse, and under a contract dated 5 November 1802.
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was laid down in
November 1802 but not launched until 17 September 1806. She left Nantes on 15 November 1809 in company with her classmate
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s deck. Troude does not mention small arms, but insists that the two flûtes neither fired their cannon nor received any cannon fire.
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was laid down in
November 1802 and launched on 15 October 1803. She left Nantes on 15 November 1809 in company with her classmate.
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Bernard
Vincent, and had been transporting troops and supplies to Guadeloupe at the time of her loss. On the way she and
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vessels such as schooners, cutters, and brigs, but not heavy enough to deter sloops or frigates.
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participated in the naval engagement in which the French frigates
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participated in the naval engagement in which the French frigates
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British accounts of the battle generally refer to "the two
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128:43.36 m (142 ft 3 in) (gundeck)
571:Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015)
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463:James and Chamier (1837), Vol. 5, pp.186-87.
357:James, in his report on the engagement with
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131:40.11 m (131 ft 7 in) (keel)
349:. Neither flûte suffered any casualties.
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100:General characteristics
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323:lieutenant de vaisseau
264:lieutenant de vaisseau
178:class of two 20-gun
60:Miscellaneous prizes
601:1800s in Guadeloupe
413:obusier de vaisseau
534:on April 20, 2021.
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339:Observateur
286:Observateur
176:French Navy
57:Preceded by
51:French Navy
590:Categories
515:References
409:carronades
187:Guadeloupe
551:656581450
434:Citations
234:Elizabeth
84:Completed
39:Operators
561:(1867).
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341:and HMS
335:Renommée
331:Clorinde
282:engaged
279:Renommée
273:Clorinde
228:Ringdove
154:Armament
192:Sceptre
76:Planned
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222:Hazard
216:Cygnet
204:Thetis
198:Blonde
180:flûtes
174:was a
123:Length
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417:Loire
395:Notes
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375:Junon
371:Junon
367:Seine
363:Loire
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319:Seine
315:Loire
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268:Seine
260:Loire
256:Loire
250:Loire
210:Freya
170:Loire
157:20 ×
109:Flûte
71:class
34:class
32:Loire
577:ISBN
547:OCLC
365:and
333:and
291:HMS
289:and
284:HMS
276:and
167:The
138:Beam
105:Type
92:Lost
69:Dyle
28:Name
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